Hi all, just stumbled upon this photograph of a very frail looking photo of Hitler on his 50th Birthday (1939). I found this interesting as I have personally only ever seen Hitler looking powerful and dominant. click to enlarge
It's a colourised version of a series: http://www.bytwerk.com/gpa/images/hitler50/hitler50i.jpg A UK rag recently presented it as a 'rare colour image', but I'm pretty convinced it's colourised and that's what enhances the emaciated effect. Rare colour footage of Hitler reveals the frail truth about 'family man' Fuhrer | Mail Online The footage of him with Hitler Youth 'troops' outside the bunker is probably the most famous visual evidence of the state of him towards the end, along with dozens of pictures of him clutching his tremens hand (and of course, his doctor's and official's testimony). He looks distinctly rough here:
Well done for posting it Cats Eyes although when I saw it first I did think it looked really strange!
It's a colourised colourised version of a series: http://www.bytwerk.com/gpa/images/hitler50/hitler50i.jpg A UK rag recently presented it as a 'rare colour image', but I'm pretty convinced it's colourised and that's what enhances the emaciated effect. Rare colour footage of Hitler reveals the frail truth about 'family man' Fuhrer | Mail Online The footage of him with Hitler Youth 'troops' outside the bunker is probably the most famous visual evidence of the state of him towards the end, along with dozens of pictures of him clutching his tremens hand (and of course, his doctor's and official's testimony). He looks distinctly rough here: Adam, Absolutely correct. At the medal presentation to the Hitler Youth outside the bunker he looked at least 20 years older than his actual age! Regards Tom
The Wiki page on Adolf's health isn't a bad summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler's_medical_health
